Special Thoughts on Marine Corps Birthday.

WCDawg

@donm said:

@WCDawg said:

@deutcshland_dawg said:
From an Air Force vet, thanks for all you guys do. I used to volunteer on the Flight line in Germany and we would transfer the combat casualties from the MEDEVAC flights to the Ambulances going to the hospital here. We also loaded the stablized patients who were being flown from Germany to the states. It was a very sobering experience and puts a lot of things into proper perspective. We complain a lot in the Air Force but life is pretty easy for us. You guys are true warriors and I am honored to have served beside you

I'm Air Force, I have a brother who spent 6 years in The Marines, the rest of my family has served in either The Army or Navy, including my Dad who served in Patton's 3rd Army from Le Harve France to the Czech border.

I'll bet your pops had some great stories to tell.

He passed 11 years ago, but he only talked about the people and general situations, never about his role in battles, though he was in some big ones, including The Bulge. I know he did a lot of recon with a friend of his from Puerto Rico, they also boxed, the friend was a boxer before the war. My brother has a detailed map of my father's entire route from le Havre to The Czech border. It shows every battle and skirmish he participated in.

WCDawg

@christopherules said:
@WCDawg I spent 11 years in the Marine Corps. I remember the generally good natured joke(s) that we took from the other services, including(but not limited to):
that we all ate crayons regularly starting at an early age, rode on the shortest of short buses to school as kids, & each & every single one of us were all a bunch of “window lickers” too! Hahahahaha!!!

My brother served for 2 years on a naval base in a Marine missile battalion, the competition got heated while on maneuvers.

donm

@WCDawg said:

@donm said:

@WCDawg said:

@deutcshland_dawg said:
From an Air Force vet, thanks for all you guys do. I used to volunteer on the Flight line in Germany and we would transfer the combat casualties from the MEDEVAC flights to the Ambulances going to the hospital here. We also loaded the stablized patients who were being flown from Germany to the states. It was a very sobering experience and puts a lot of things into proper perspective. We complain a lot in the Air Force but life is pretty easy for us. You guys are true warriors and I am honored to have served beside you

I'm Air Force, I have a brother who spent 6 years in The Marines, the rest of my family has served in either The Army or Navy, including my Dad who served in Patton's 3rd Army from Le Harve France to the Czech border.

I'll bet your pops had some great stories to tell.

He passed 11 years ago, but he only talked about the people and general situations, never about his role in battles, though he was in some big ones, including The Bulge. I know he did a lot of recon with a friend of his from Puerto Rico, they also boxed, the friend was a boxer before the war. My brother has a detailed map of my father's entire route from le Havre to The Czech border. It shows every battle and skirmish he participated in.

My pops was a P-51 pilot and had 3 kills before he got shot down over Germany. Spent 14 months as a POW. He also didn’t talk much about his experiences at all.

AndersonDawg

A lifelong friend and I found out that we were being re-classified from student deferment to 1-A. In March of 1968, we decided to volunteer for the draft after the draft board lady told us we would at least go through basic training together. When we got to the reception center in Jacksonville, we were separated because he had previously taken his physical. When I saw him a few hours later I found out he had been drafted into the Marines. He left that night for Paris Island, me to Fort Benning. We both were sent to Vietnam in the fall of 1968 and were both in northern I Corps. I was in some combat and he was in a lot, but we both made it out okay. He died earlier this year (2018) most likely from exposure to Agent Orange.
He was a **** good Marine.

donm

@AndersonDawg said:
A lifelong friend and I found out that we were being re-classified from student deferment to 1-A. In March of 1968, we decided to volunteer for the draft after the draft board lady told us we would at least go through basic training together. When we got to the reception center in Jacksonville, we were separated because he had previously taken his physical. When I saw him a few hours later I found out he had been drafted into the Marines. He left that night for Paris Island, me to Fort Benning. We both were sent to Vietnam in the fall of 1968 and were both in northern I Corps. I was in some combat and he was in a lot, but we both made it out okay. He died earlier this year (2018) most likely from exposure to Agent Orange.
He was a **** good Marine.

Sorry to hear about your friend.

WCDawg

@donm said:

@WCDawg said:

@donm said:

@WCDawg said:

@deutcshland_dawg said:
From an Air Force vet, thanks for all you guys do. I used to volunteer on the Flight line in Germany and we would transfer the combat casualties from the MEDEVAC flights to the Ambulances going to the hospital here. We also loaded the stablized patients who were being flown from Germany to the states. It was a very sobering experience and puts a lot of things into proper perspective. We complain a lot in the Air Force but life is pretty easy for us. You guys are true warriors and I am honored to have served beside you

I'm Air Force, I have a brother who spent 6 years in The Marines, the rest of my family has served in either The Army or Navy, including my Dad who served in Patton's 3rd Army from Le Harve France to the Czech border.

I'll bet your pops had some great stories to tell.

He passed 11 years ago, but he only talked about the people and general situations, never about his role in battles, though he was in some big ones, including The Bulge. I know he did a lot of recon with a friend of his from Puerto Rico, they also boxed, the friend was a boxer before the war. My brother has a detailed map of my father's entire route from le Havre to The Czech border. It shows every battle and skirmish he participated in.

My pops was a P-51 pilot and had 3 kills before he got shot down over Germany. Spent 14 months as a POW. He also didn’t talk much about his experiences at all.

Great plane, they didn't put pud knockers in those things, your dad must have been a very good pilot.

donm

@WCDawg said:

@donm said:

@WCDawg said:

@donm said:

@WCDawg said:

@deutcshland_dawg said:
From an Air Force vet, thanks for all you guys do. I used to volunteer on the Flight line in Germany and we would transfer the combat casualties from the MEDEVAC flights to the Ambulances going to the hospital here. We also loaded the stablized patients who were being flown from Germany to the states. It was a very sobering experience and puts a lot of things into proper perspective. We complain a lot in the Air Force but life is pretty easy for us. You guys are true warriors and I am honored to have served beside you

I'm Air Force, I have a brother who spent 6 years in The Marines, the rest of my family has served in either The Army or Navy, including my Dad who served in Patton's 3rd Army from Le Harve France to the Czech border.

I'll bet your pops had some great stories to tell.

He passed 11 years ago, but he only talked about the people and general situations, never about his role in battles, though he was in some big ones, including The Bulge. I know he did a lot of recon with a friend of his from Puerto Rico, they also boxed, the friend was a boxer before the war. My brother has a detailed map of my father's entire route from le Havre to The Czech border. It shows every battle and skirmish he participated in.

My pops was a P-51 pilot and had 3 kills before he got shot down over Germany. Spent 14 months as a POW. He also didn’t talk much about his experiences at all.

Great plane, they didn't put pud knockers in those things, your dad must have been a very good pilot.

I do recall when he told us a story of him flying on a mission and a German plane - I forget the numerical designation, flew by and it had no propellers - the first jet fighter plane. The Nazis did some cool technology back in that day.